Design*Sponge is one of my favorite blogs. The writer is a woman located in our old neighborhood in Brooklyn (again) and the site is great for updating yourself on the latest-latest within design. Design*Sponge recently started podcasting interviews with new upcoming designers. I listen to them while working and I'm totally hooked. The interview with Chris and Keith of Fred Flare is one of my favorites. It's interesting - and hilarious! Listen here.
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Books I (we...) read
Amanda Blake Soule: The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections
Miroslav Sasek : This is New York
Wonderful illustrations and colors and so much nostalgia and heart.Paul Auster: The Brooklyn Follies
I got it passed on from CS and I enjoy recognizing all the Park Slope joints in this book.Madeleine Albright: Mighty and almighty
Because I want to read something political, and something written by a woman who's a democrat definitely makes it easier to keep up my interest when kids and life easily distract.Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
A book that Randolphina (Leo) got from Becca when he wasn't even "the size of a period mark"... Ezra loves it, and I find great inspiration in the color scheme and the illustrations. Hopefully I can use it soon for some kind of project...The Bilingual Family
This one speaks for itself... Hope we're going to sort it all out eventually.Suze Orman: The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke
Despite the flashy cover and 80's look of the author, it's a great book for learning how to get money savvy. Wish I found it earlier!Siri Hustvedt: The Enchantment of Lily Dahl : A Novel
Because I loved her latest book "What I loved". It made my feelings go berserk. And because she's an interesting and inspiring woman, living in my old neighborhood Park Slope.
June 01, 2006
December 11, 2005
Holiday design markets
We visited two design holiday markets last weekend in Stockholm. One was Street, Street is called Sweden's answer to Camden Lock market in London and is located right on the water by Hornstulls Strand at Södermalm. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures from Street as most of the interesting stuff was in the indoor section of the market and it was super packed. I saw some pretty nice stuff though, like the silkscreened shirts from Fuldesign (Ugly-design) and T-shirtbutiken (see "Barntröjor = Children's shirts I wanted to get a monkey shirt for Ezra but they were out of his size).
The Christmas market at Konstfack, the main center for Arts and Design studies in Sweden, was more fun. It had less bric-a-bracs and more interesting stuff. It's always fun to see student work, and I also enjoyed the architecture of the buildings that used to be Ericsson's old phone factory but now are the home of Konstfack.
The woman below, Johanna Persson, designed beautiful and interesting jewelry and crafts. Here she's wearing some of her creations. A little "witchy" and wonderfully dramatic!
I loved the plates, cups and "pärlplattor" (plastic beads melted together by ironing) in crisp black and white designed by two women who called themselves Severina. (For fun, check out the "good-old" Pärlplatteklubben, "an organisation for people who love making pärlplattor". Might want to become a member..?)
Adorable silkscreened birdies on fabric designed by Helene Ekblom at Konstfack.
Another "attraction" was Tuttmemo, the game Concentration loaded with pictures of tits...
We bought a few things of course... A calendar, butter knives (of course), and these little booties for Leo, made by Helena Lindberg Form. The booties have come to be called "Glöggskorna" which means "The Glühwein (the spiced wine) shoes". He wears them now to every Glögg party we go to, and Ezra really appreciate that they have little gingerbread cookie hearts - pepp'kakor - on them ;-)
Happy Holidays!
